[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 128 (Monday, July 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36473-36474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17719]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on March 30, 1998 [63 FR 15257].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Scott, Office Engineering, 
Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, HNG-
10, Room 3134, 400 7th St., SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, telephone 
(202) 366-4104. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., E.T., 
Monday thru Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    1. Title: Develop and Submit Utility Accommodation Policies.
    OMB Number: 2125-0514.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: State highway agencies.
    Abstract: The FHWA has elected to fulfill its statutory obligations 
regarding utility accommodation by requiring the State highway agencies 
to develop and submit to FHWA a policy statement on the authority of 
utilities to use and occupy highway rights-of-way; the State's 
authority to regulate such use; and the policies and/or procedures 
employed for accommodating utilities within the rights-of-way of 
Federal-aid highway projects. Upon approval of the policy statement, 
the State highway agency may take any action required in accordance 
with the approved policy statement without case-by-case review by the 
FHWA. Utility accommodation policy statements have previously been 
approved by the FHWA for all the 50 State highway agencies and the 
highway agencies of the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico. Even so, these policy statements must periodically be 
reviewed to see if updating is necessary, and must periodically be 
updated to reflect policy changes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual reporting 
burden is 2,800 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725--17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention FHWA Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
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clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publishing in the Federal Register.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 29, 1998.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-17719 Filed 7-2-98; 8:45 am]
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